| Mark Twain in Context Contributor(s): Bird, John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1108472605 ISBN-13: 9781108472609 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $122.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 818.409 |
| LCCN: 2019027241 |
| Series: Literature in Context |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.70 lbs) 422 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mark Twain In Context provides the fullest introduction in one volume to the multifaceted life and times of one of the most celebrated American writers. It is a collection of short, lively contributions covering a wide range of topics on Twain's life and works. Twain lived during a time of great change, upheaval, progress, and challenge. He rose from obscurity to become what some have called 'the most recognizable person on the planet'. Beyond his contributions to literature, which were hugely important and influential, he was a businessman, an inventor, an advocate for social and political change, and ultimately a cultural icon. Placing his life and work in the context of his age reveals much about both Mark Twain and America in the last half of the nineteenth century, the twentieth century, and the first decades of the twenty-first century. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bird, John: - John Bird is Professor of English at Winthrop University. He is the author of Mark Twain and Metaphor (2007). He is a former president of the Mark Twain Circle of America and the founding editor of The Mark Twain Annual. Since 2011, he has written the Mark Twain chapter in American Literary Scholarship. |